Christmas Day – The Trip to Mount Aso

Kyto and his letter to Santa…opening a present Christmas morning.

After breakfast we went for a walk on the beach.

Our collection of shells…

And sadly a dead mother sea turtle. Looks like she died burying her eggs…

We then began our drive to the Mount Aso volcanic region. On the way we stopped at “Aya Teruha Otsuri Hashi” (Aya suspension bridge) in Kyushu Central Mountain National Park. The bridge seems to connect nowhere to nowhere but offers some incredible views at 250m long and 142m high.

We then completed a very long drive passing through town after town and winding mountain roads to Mount Aso and the Aso Farm Village. The village is made up of hundreds of cement, stucco-like domes. The village was all lit up for the holidays.